Key Takeaways Senior officials in Tehran have signaled that they seek to use the Strait of Hormuz and energy flows around it as points of leverage that Iran can use after the war to extract concessions and secure strategic aims. They have also signaled that they will not accept a …

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces seized the entirety of Luhansk Oblast for the third time over the course of Russia’s full-scale invasion, even though Russian forces have controlled most of Luhansk Oblast since October 2022. The Russian MoD claimed on April 1 that Russian forces …

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has boosted Russia’s oil revenues and its ability to ramp up its own war with Ukraine, but concern is mounting among Russian elites about relations with the Trump administration. Russia has emerged as an early beneficiary of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, aided by higher …

On the 32nd night of the war, the sirens sound again in Tel Aviv. It is the particular rhythm of it that rewrites the nervous system. Not the explosion itself, which by now has become an abstraction, a thing that happens to other coordinates. It is the interval between the …

Since the United States (US) and Israel launched a joint attack against Iran on 28 February, Western security services, including Europol, have warned of an increased terrorist threat, particularly targeting Jewish and Israeli sites, due to the risk of retaliatory attacks in the form of Iranian state-backed terrorism. These concerns …

With shipping volumes at record highs, stress on infrastructure has become critical As the US-Iran war moves into its second month, pressure on Gulf supply chains is intensifying. During the weekend, Iranian-backed Houthi militants launched missile strikes on southern Israel, marking a significant escalation that could further disrupt regional shipping …

Why did the group strike now, what might they do next, and how could it affect the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran? Following a month of saber rattling, the Houthis entered the Iran war on March 28 by firing missiles at southern Israel (none of which hit their targets). The move …

“Erdogan is in a way the current caliph of Muslims, and Istanbul is undoubtedly the capital of the Islamic caliphate.” — Yusuf al-Qaradawi, late Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader, 20141 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Republic of Turkey in 1923 on the principles of republicanism and secularism, setting it on a …

Fighters from a major Iraqi pro-Iran armed group have entered the country, carrying aid — and a signal of support. Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have welcomed a number of paramilitary Iraqi forces as part of a “humanitarian convoy” while war with the United States and Israel threatens to enter …

Iran’s top diplomat Araghchi has told Al Jazeera that, despite contacts, Iran is not in negotiations with the US. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has confirmed that messages had been exchanged with the United States, either directly or through countries in the region, amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. …